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LAncAsrRR. FEBRUARY 10, is7.
The Ola Game.
The Philadelphia Record publishes the
SoDalt of critical examination which 1t
- made Of the bill introduced by Senator
Cooper in redemption of the undertaking
'eethe Republican party, as made in Its
teoiAisss 70 the people before the election,
~ snact into law In Pennsylvania the pro.
VISIONS Of what 10 known as the Cullom
lnesglstate commerce bill. The Republi.
en- party managers were very good before
~ election. Senator Cooper as the spokes.
smAn then, calls upon himself to redeem his
ano words, - senator now. The Repub.
Ham managers in Pennsylvania have be.
eome very astute in whipping the devil
azound the stump, and they particu.
hSiy excel In their ability to promise
nnoh while performing little. They are q
tsUperance party which does nothing ef.
1oetual for the temperance cause /; Of which
ths3r latest essay In that direction Is a
shining illustration. They propose law
quitting It to tho people to say whether
1iquor making and drinking shall be pro-
1ibitsd, and they are 30 savagely disposed
against the liquor men that they sternly re.
tass to favor the proposal to pay them any
damages. And all the time these law
makers know that they are doing nothing
Z 6 any account, and nothing that viii ever
b Of account against the horrid hydra
hsaded monster, that they seem to be lift
~ up their heavy club to knock down.
A couple Of elections and legislatures will
como and 90 before anti.liquor legislation"
4 under this programme, can be in order !;
and . party that has let all the years
since thai Of 1874 pass without enacting
ths legislation to enforce the new constitu.
ton, can manage to let score pass by
without making effective an amendment
- Il, II 1t wants to. BY that time
Senator Cooper and his flaming hair will
p laid to political rest, and the wriggling
Of the party through its holes will fall to
another engineers direction.
This advertised anti.discriminatlon bill
OF the senators is q fraud Of like kind. It
Is not the Cullom bill at all. But few
sections Of that bill are found IN
1e unaltered. It has been amended
with careful ekiil so as to make as impos.
Ing an appearance as possible while being
OF - little account as possible for the pur.
pose for which It Is claimed to be intended.
1t b the old, old game that one would think
these men would get tired of practicing
and the people tired Of witnessing. But
neither party shows any sign Of tire yet.
Senator Cooper and his fellows conduct
Il - business, and men can not afford to
perwit themselves to tire Of the occupation
that brings them their bread and butter.
Ihe Republican ring, which has for SO
many years administered the affairs Of
Pennsylvania, have been successful, doubt
- because they have been good business
msn; or at least have had for their peculiar
occupation dne business instinct.
And - tho people Of the state endure
eheir operations with complacency, they
have reason toplume themselves upon their
agacity. Morals, of course, are not taken
Into account. The doctrine that honesty
y the best policy has never had acceptation
amopg them, and they seem to have
ehown that 1t has no application to politi.
oAanatrs. They are honest between them.
selves, doubtless, and their sums in sddi.
ton and division are done with great
aocuracy. The people like to be fleeced
and approve Of their shearing. Who is
there to complainY No one but the Demo.
crats, who are out and kept out by the
business. management. The Republican
party Il taken into the "combine" as q
aharer In the profits, and 90 the votes are
heh that keep the combination solid. It
= . very beautiful arrangement and works
eharmingly. We are interested observers,
md have been for years; waiting to zee
the outcome Of all the shamming, high
comedy performance which the Republi.
een managers yearly favor US with on the |
legislative stage.
When the liquor trafic is perceptiblv
ehecked and railroad discrimination is Inn.
peded by the action of the Republican
government Of Pennsylvania, Senator
Cooper and Senator Quay and Mr.. Magee
md al that class OF leaders will have
forgot their cunning or their party will
have forgot them.